Frank Wheeler
E291252
Frank Wheeler is the disillusioned suburban husband and central protagonist of Richard Yates’s novel "Revolutionary Road," whose failed dreams and marital tensions embody mid-20th-century American malaise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frank Wheeler canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2517512 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Wheeler Context triple: [Revolutionary Road, character, Frank Wheeler]
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A.
Sam Wheeler
Sam Wheeler is the father of Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Oregon.
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B.
Winston Hibler
Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
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C.
George Ward
George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
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D.
Thomas Whalen
Thomas Whalen was a Scottish sculptor known for his architectural and public works, including prominent pieces in Edinburgh.
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E.
Frank Wead
Frank Wead was an American naval aviator-turned-screenwriter known for his aviation-themed stories and contributions to classic Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Wheeler Target entity description: Frank Wheeler is the disillusioned suburban husband and central protagonist of Richard Yates’s novel "Revolutionary Road," whose failed dreams and marital tensions embody mid-20th-century American malaise.
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A.
Sam Wheeler
Sam Wheeler is the father of Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Oregon.
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B.
Winston Hibler
Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
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C.
George Ward
George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
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D.
Thomas Whalen
Thomas Whalen was a Scottish sculptor known for his architectural and public works, including prominent pieces in Edinburgh.
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E.
Frank Wead
Frank Wead was an American naval aviator-turned-screenwriter known for his aviation-themed stories and contributions to classic Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Revolutionary Road ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambivalent about conformity
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disillusioned ⓘ restless ⓘ |
| conflictType |
internal conflict about identity
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marital conflict ⓘ |
| createdBy | Richard Yates ⓘ |
| desires |
escape from suburban routine
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more meaningful life ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1961 ⓘ |
| fullName | Frank Wheeler self-link ⓘ |
| genre | literary fiction character ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | postwar American realism ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| occupation | office worker ⓘ |
| residence | Revolutionary Road ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central protagonist of "Revolutionary Road" ⓘ |
| settingContext | postwar American suburbia ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
| spouse | April Wheeler ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
gap between aspiration and reality
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trapped middle-class American male ⓘ |
| themeEmbodied |
disillusionment with suburban life
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failed dreams ⓘ marital tension ⓘ mid-20th-century American malaise ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Frank Wheeler Description of subject: Frank Wheeler is the disillusioned suburban husband and central protagonist of Richard Yates’s novel "Revolutionary Road," whose failed dreams and marital tensions embody mid-20th-century American malaise.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.